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The unfolding crisis in Gaza, where relentless Israeli bombardment has killed more than 1,500 people since Saturday, is “a humanitarian catastrophe,” says Palestinian American human rights attorney Noura Erakat. She says Western leaders and the mainstream media have relied on racist, Islamophobic tropes to build a false consensus “that war is inevitable and that whatever consequences come out is the fault of Hamas, thereby further blaming the victims for their own killing and massacres.” Erakat also decries the Israeli order that 1.1 million residents in Gaza relocate under threat of a ground invasion. “What we are seeing is a genocidal campaign. You cannot forcibly transfer 1.1 million Palestinians in a 225-square-mile enclosed area. There is nowhere for them to go,” says Erakat, an associate professor at Rutgers University and author of Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine. Transcript: https://www.democracynow.org/2023/10/... Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Support independent media: https://democracynow.org/donate

Is there such a thing as the New World Order? Hollywood actor @amrwaked investigates whether the Bilderberg Group – a group of political and economic elites - is trying to control the world through capitalism. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/

UN Chief Antonio Guterres has said that he is deeply distressed by the announcement that Israel will initiate a complete siege of Gaza strip. He added that the humanitarian situation in Gaza was extremely dire before these hostilities, & now it will only deteriorate exponentially. He added, 'This most recent violence does not come in a vacuum. The reality is that it grows out of a long-standing conflict, with a 56-year long occupation and no political end in sight.'

Palestinians bombed by Israel - hundreds killed and thousands injured. Gaza under siege, running out of supplies. Hundreds of Israelis killed by Hamas fighters, abductions and communities pounded by rocket fire. Do civilians have any protection under international law? Presenter: Folly Bah Thibault Geoffrey Nice - barrister, former prosecutor International Criminal Court. Omar Shakir - Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine Director, deported from Israel after 2021 report on Israeli war crimes against Palestinians. Michael Lynk - Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Law, Western University; former UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory from where he was barred by Israel.

Miko Peled, the son of an Israeli general, explains the barbarity and criminal logic of the Israeli bombardment of Gaza. Palestinians are being massacred by Israel after the Al-Aqsa Flood uprising that began on October 7, with bombs hitting apartment buildings and ambulances, fuel running out, and Israel blockading food, water, and aid from the Gaza Strip — announced by Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as treatment for “human animals.” Meanwhile, Western media is pushing the narrative that presents Israelis as victims rather than the long-besieged Palestinians. What is the root of this war? How did a group of fighters take Israel’s well-funded army with a sophisticated surveillance arm by surprise? What is the status of the Israeli state? Brian Becker is joined by Miko Peled, a human rights activist, host of The Miko Peled Podcast, and author of “The General’s Son - A Journey of an Israeli in Palestine” and "Injustice: The Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five.” You can find his podcast, books, and much more at mikopeled.com.

Many of you wanted clarity on the subject of Palestine and the current conflict. This, from Holocaust survivor Dr. Gabor Maté (on my podcast Under The Skin) is the most beautiful and powerful testimony on this subject I’ve ever heard. From someone with deep connections to the history of this situation.

Anthony Albanese's Newspoll satisfaction rating has gone from +35 to -1 in a mere three months. And no wonder. At a time of inflation, economic instability and frightening uncertainty for many families, he is focused on burdening us with costly renewable energy and making us vote on his precious Voice to Parliament. The people have had a gutful because the Voice is unnecessary. We already have 3278 Aboriginal corporations, 243 native title bodies, 48 land councils, 35 regional councils, 122+ aboriginal agencies, 3 advisory bodies, 145 Aboriginal health organisations and 11 Aboriginal federal MPs. Why do we need a Voice? Albanese needs to resign. From the Alan Jones Show, 8pm AEDT Tuesdays an Thursdays on ADH.TV.

The anti-Apartheid leader, who is considered a global symbol of the struggle for justice, was a strong supporter of Palestinian independence. Here are some of his most memorable statements on the Palestinian cause.

On Wednesday, the world woke up to newspapers plastered with a horrific headline about ‘40 babied decapitated by Hamas’. But was the story true? And does it matter? We dig into the dizzying, circular debate around the darkest story of an already devastating week and ask whether journalists fulfilled their duty to fact-check it, or instead helped Israel justify its policy of ‘collective punishment’ in Gaza.

The al-Aqsa Mosque compound is in the Old City of Jerusalem, surrounded by a stone wall on all four sides. It is recognisable by the famous golden roof of the Dome of the Rock at its centre. The compound also contains the grey-domed al-Qabali Mosque which is also widely known as the al-Aqsa Mosque. The whole compound is considered the third holiest site in Islam and is referred to by the Israelis as Temple Mount. After World War I, Palestine was placed under interim British rule. Under the promises made in the Balfour Declaration, Britain was already committed to facilitate the founding of a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine and began granting land to the Zionist movement to build settlements. In 1929, Palestinians demonstrated against these settlements at the al-Buraq Wall on the western side of the compound - now known as the Western Wall. Palestinians had begun to realise what increased Zionist influence in the region would mean, and their protests led to the al-Buraq Revolution of 1929: "The first real revolution on Palestinian land," according to the Palestinian researcher Ziad al-Hassan. The site has been a centre of tension and attacks ever since. In 1969, an Australian evangelical Christian, Dennis Rohan, set fire to the al-Qabali Mosque. Many of the mosque's most important features, including a pulpit dating back to the 12th century, were destroyed. Rohan was tried for arson but was found to be clinically insane. On Black Monday, October 8, 1990, 20 Palestinians were killed, according to UN figures, in what's known as the al-Aqsa Massacre. Sixty-three people died in the Kotel Tunnel incident in September 1996, in protests over the opening of a new tunnel by the Israelis under the Western Wall. The second Intifada in 2000, started at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound. More recently, confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli forces in the compound, sparked in part by incursions by Israeli organisations, have led to wider clashes and an escalation in violence in both Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. This film traces the history of the al-Aqsa Mosque compound and its significance to both Muslims and Jews. It looks at the division of Jerusalem after the founding of Israel in 1948; and the aftermath of the 1967 Six Day War when Israel occupied East Jerusalem and the whole of the West Bank. It examines the treatment of Palestinians at the mosque compound and proposals by Israeli politicians to divide the site, despite the fact that the Israeli government repeatedly insists it does not want fundamental changes there. The government is also now accused of funding groups which support major changes as to who can pray at the site. This has provoked more tension with security forces sometimes violently cracking down on Palestinian protesters and worshippers. The film also looks at the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron - where Israel controls Palestinian access and has imposed access and prayer restrictions - and asks whether this is the shape of things to come at al-Aqsa.

As Russian troops continue their assault on Ukraine, Western governments have progressively tightened sanctions against Russian political leaders, billionaires and businesses, while publicly supporting Ukrainian popular resistance and opening their borders to refugees. Newspapers and TV channels have led with stories of Ukrainian resilience against dire odds, and Ukraine’s president recently addressed a US music awards show watched by millions. But Palestinian leaders say such backing is conspicuously absent for people enduring life under Israel's illegal occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem and its blockade of Gaza. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the “current events in Europe have shown blatant double standards", with the US and European governments giving Ukraine military support and moral support while failing to condemn Israeli abuses against Palestinians. Palestinian commentators say the war in Ukraine has shown there are clear inconsistencies in how people resisting aggression are supported and represented. In a recent op-ed for Al Jazeera, Gaza-based Palestinian writer Mohammed Rafik Mhawesh says that the glaring differences highlight that the “global community has been gaslighting [Palestinians] for years”. And those discrepancies are not unique to the Palestinian experience. Professor Khaled Beydoun points out that communities in Yemen, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Kashmir who are struggling against state-led violence also face a pronounced lack of international attention and solidarity. In this episode of The Stream, we'll ask why there are inconsistencies in mainstream political and popular support to people fighting occupation.

South African President Cyril #Ramaphosa tells FRANCE 24 that the situation in #Gaza reminds him of the #apartheid era in his own country, with Israeli actions against the Palestinians evocative of an apartheid state. He said South Africa stands by the Palestinians but urged both sides to sit down and negotiate as was done in South Africa in the early 1990s.

The anti-Apartheid leader, who is considered a global symbol of the struggle for justice, was a strong supporter of Palestinian independence. Here are some of his most memorable statements on the Palestinian cause.

International law clearly shows that the Palestinian people have a legal right to armed struggle against Israeli colonialism, just as South Africans did against apartheid. Gaza suffers under an illegal Israeli blockade that even a former British prime minister recognized to be a "prison camp". Journalist Ben Norton looks over the evidence. || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting them at https://GeopoliticalEconomy.com/Support

Hundreds of civilians killed and injured in Israeli bombardment of Gaza. The government declares a total siege - fighting what it calls 'human animals'. Earlier, hundreds of Israelis were killed by Palestinian fighters. Why has politics failed so badly? What's next - for both sides? Presenter: Sami Zeidan Guests: Francesca Albanese - United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Diana Buttu - a lawyer and the former spokeswoman for the Palestine Liberation Organization Gideon Levy - a columnist at the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, and author of 'The Punishment of Gaza'

I'd argue - Sky News Australia is advocating for Apartheid, Genocide, Ethnic Cleansing, mass shooting of innocent women and children, the illegal expansion into Palestine (which is made up of many ethnics, and religions)... Why hasn't any media outlet made everyone aware that, Israel was given land via the Balfour Declaration and the Sykes-Pico agreements 1917-1916 and since that time, Israel has illegally expanded out of that original area? Thus making any further expansion illegal and a war crime? Not one media outlet has questioned how Israel can shoot people indiscriminately and without consequences to expand into Palestine? Oh really, no apartheid huh? https://apnews.com/article/israel-apartheid-palestinians-occupation-c8137c9e7f33c2cba7b0b5ac7fa8d115 United nations - https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/03/1114702 Nelson Mandela - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/nelson-mandela-30-years-palestine Desmond TuTu - https://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Desmond-Tutu-Israel-guilty-of-apartheid-in-treatment-of-Palestinians-344874 United Nations - resolution 35/35 - https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-187436/ Study on the Legality of the Israeli occupation 7. Israel’s occupation of Palestine - https://online.flippingbook.com/view/843221727/28/ Unicef - https://www.unicef.org/mena/documents/gaza-strip-humanitarian-impact-15-years-blockade-june-2022 BBC Gaza protest deaths - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-47399541 Amnesty International - https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde15/5141/2022/en/ Former Mossad Chief ,Tamir Pardo says so. https://apnews.com/article/israel-apartheid-palestinians-occupation-c8137c9e7f33c2cba7b0b5ac7fa8d115

Some have called it the most anti-Israeli country in Europe, others view it as the most pro-Palestinian country in the EU

The occupation is against human nature. It flies in the face of what it is to be human." BT's Kei Pritsker speaks with Abby Martin from The Empire Files about the occupation of the West Bank, the siege of Gaza, and other aspects of Israel's criminal occupation of Palestine.

On December 21, 2022, during a week of police raids and harassments of peaceful anti-Zionist activists in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, a large group of police entered the neighborhood to remove a Palestinian flag from a lamp post. The police have been met with strong protest.

The Jewish scholar explains why Zionism and Judaism are not necessarily the same thing and why he believes that Israel as a state is not legitimate.